HORTGRO CORPORATE SOCIAL

INVESTMENT

HORTGRO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

2. OTHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

3. BURSARY/INTERNSHIPS AND CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAMMES

• Nyanisa HIV & TB Programmes• Farm Worker Wellness Programmes• Support Care Worker Programme

(SWP)• ODEY (Overcome Dependency

Empower Yourself)• Agri’s Got Talent Programme• Help a South African School Book

Project

1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMMES

Nyanisa HIV & TB Programmes

56,000 farm workers / dependants in production areas were reached and more than 60,000 DVD’s and best practice booklets were distributed via AgriSA & AgriSeta

Farm Worker Wellness Programme

• Empower employees with the necessary life and communication skills in order to minimise the impact of social problems.

• The programme is running for its 5th season.

• Reached 10 437 employees on 181 Farms.

Support Care Worker Programme

• The Support Care Worker Programme (SCW) is a follow-up to the Nyanisa Lets Talk Status and Farm Worker Wellness Programmes.

• The SCW programme entails the establishing of a sustanable support netword of peer educators within the agricultural sector.

• A total of 200 peer educators were trained and 60 farms reached of which 80 active is.

ODEY(Overcome Dependency Empower Yourself)

• The O.D.E.Y., a farm substance abuse treatment and integration programme is a holistic approach to substance dependency treatment and after care, as the programme was formulated taking cognisance of the fact that treatment should not bring to a standstill everyday activities and daily living.

• 972 individuals on 25 farms were reached (Total of 355 group members)

Agri’s Got Talent Programme

Agri’s Got Talent Programme

Training week•Media / Communication skills•Stage Intelligence•Skills Development•Training in song choice, music & singing

Agri’s Got Talent Programme

HELP A SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL

UK Junior schools aim to educate British children about South Africa whilst encouraging mums and children to buy South African fruit.

There are two elements to the competition:

• a class project that will be judged and awarded according to specific criteria, and

• book donation where parents, teachers and pupils will be asked to donate books to be shipped out to ill-equipped schools in South African townships and farms of the Western Cape

2. OTHER TRAINING INITIATIVES

• Skills and Learnership Programmes• Technical DVD’s• Visits to Expo’s • Overseas study trips to international

markets and ports (Fruit Logistica)

Skills Training by Service Providers

• Philani Training & Development Solutions • Koue Bokkeveld Training Centre• ELI / CSA• Elgin College• AgriSeta• Training in Life Values• Crèches and Aftercare Centers• NorSA Community Care and Youth Centre

Technical Training DVD’s

• A website that shows movies featuring deciduous farming . • www.saorchard.co.za. • DVD’s are designed to provide specialist information to new

and existing deciduous fruit farmers and farm workers. • 30 movies in three different languages – Afrikaans, English

and Xhosa. • movies covering Irrigation, Harvesting, Controlling Insects

and Pests, Pruning, Soil Preparation, Diseases, Hand Thinning etc.

 

Visits to Expo’s (Agri Mega Bien Donne• Subsidised Entry Tickets• Assistance with workshops• Expose farm workers to new Technology

Overseas study trips• Competition winners visits International

markets and ports (Fruit Logistica)

3. BURSARY AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME (CAREERS)

Bursaries Internships School tours School visits & talks Career fairs & Exhibitions

Bursaries

• Bursary programme is 10 years old • R 883 000 funded by HORTGRO augmented with

money from AgriSeta • 32 students at various Universities & Colleges • R 1 429 000 funding allocated to bursaries within

projects funded by SAAPPA / SASPA • 34 post graduate students (3 honnours; 14 M.Sc;

14 PhD; 3 Post Doc)

Bursary and Internship selection process

 HORTGRO follows a very strict and controlled selection process

• study areas classified as scarce skills• Preference to PDI students • Stability of their results• Shortlist of candidates• Presented to a selection committee • Personal interviews with each candidate• Follow up on the references supplied• Bursary agreement contracts for further employment in the

agricultural industry after completion of their studies• Suretyship forms to motivate and protect the interest of

HORTGRO.

Mentors to students• We also select a mentor for each student

who motivate and direct the student throughout his/her studies.

• HORTGRO is in contact with each student throughout the academic year.

Meet & Greet Evening• Bursary students get the chance to network,

communicate and liaise with industry• Meet with possible employees• Chance to find holiday work• Development of skills • To be in the company of people who are already

in a work environment

School Tours & Visits • Started in 2005• Introduce learners to a

number of career opportunities in the fruit industry

• Field trip visitsEncourage them to choose a career in agriculture to ensure well trained and skilled employees in the industry

• Visits schools during June/July Encourage scholars to choose agriculture as a career path.

Career Fairs & Exhibitions

PMA Agri-Food Career & Bursary Fair

University of Pretoria

University of Stellenbosch

Bursary and Internship vacancies adverts and news

• Website – www.hortgro.co.za• Facebook – hortgronews@hortgro.co.za• Twitter• University of Stellenbosch Bursary Book

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